Simple For Saturday...

Following on from yeterdays post... another quick and easy card using New Horizons papers, On The Horizon bundle and the retired A Good Man stamps

Decorate your panel...cut into 3 strips and add to a card blank... and finish off with a coloured and hand cut man & child image...

Remember that the New Horizons papers and the On The Horizon bundle/stamps/dies will retire come the end of this month... so if you like them.... please order now to avoid disappointment..

Fun Fold Friday - New Horizons Relax Your Way

Quick share today of another Five Panel card  featuring the New Horizons papers and the Horizons dies ... 

Decorated for the males in our lives that need some downtime... care of the now sadly retired A Good Man... which I know a lot of you bought in the Retiring Sale last month... so I thought I should carry on and post my projects anyhows...

Please note that the New Horizons papers and the On The Horizon bundle/stamps/dies will retire come the end of this month... so if you like them half as much as I do .... please order now to avoid disappointment... 

Right... must dash... creative frenzy in progress!!!

Girl at a Double Window

Second in my In the Moment, New Horizons & Welcoming Windows series... Note that Welcoming Windows is retiring soon.... but is still available when I just checked... 

Simply die cut 2 windows and stick together... and trim a scrap of New Horizons papers to suit...

Ink up & stamp New Horizons trees and birds on the paper scrap... and then stick behind the window...

Ink up & stamp girl on White and then again on the back of some of the New Horizons papers... colour hair and arms on White with Stampin' Blends... fussy cut the paper hat, blouse and skirt & stick... then fussy cut the whole image... leaving out the wine glass this time...

Oh and apologies... for people that couldn't just click and go to Thursdays post... as I forgot to add a title!! So click here and there you go...two beautiful Blessings of Home cards care of friends...

Simple on Sunday - Grassy Grove & New Horizons Aperture Card

This is my favourite card so far in my New Horizons & Grassy Grove series... so simple... but a stunner...

Just a Grassy Grove die cut in a portrait tent fold card blank... And then a quick trim of the card blank to 4" wide... which happens to neaten... and "best even out" those tree trunk widths to either side... Trust me you will know exactly what that means should you make one...

Then a stamped 4" x 3"H (7.5cm) paper piece inserted for the background... 

With a quick trim of the leftover bottom 3"H piece for that front base panel.... ie trimmed to best match my aperture positioning... so everyone will be slightly different (though for info - mine is  4.5cm - about 1 3/4" high)

Fussy cut On the Horizons greeting... and finished off with a piece of Black Twine...

And here are the 2 cards primarily created from that one piece of paper...

And hopefully the following picture will save a 1000 words about the paper cutting for the 2 cards...

Fancy Fold Friday - another New Horizons Easy Step Card

Another of the portrait Easy Step Cards to share with you... again combining the fabulous New Horizons papers with the In The Moments stamp set and On the Horizon stamps...  

I used a couple of different paper patterns from the pack as the long thin strip was actually a scrap from another card...

And here is what I did with the 4th square leftover from the Trio of Square cards posted here..... 

So a card with a more colourful wardrobe below... but far less colouring and less fussy cutting on the original above...

Click HERE for the card fold tutorial...

Tuesday Trio - New Horizons Square Cards

Pick a piece of New Horizons papers...

Cut in half in both directions to form 4 squares

And simply decorate...

Small, medium or large squares... which do you prefer?

Live in the UK? Like what you see? 

Then don't hesitate to contact me for more details on my New Horizons class in the mail pack - and/or a co-ordinated Paper and coloured card pack... close date 22 March... 

Oh or a New Horizons Tutorials package for those of you overseas... 

And who would like to guess how I used the 4th paper square on this occasion?

Also used On The Horizon, Grassy Grove and Glass Pebbles...

Click HERE for more information on the full New Horizons suite of products...

New Horizons Portrait Easy Step Card with Tutorial

This is the first of a new & long series of cards using the fabulous New Horizons papers... I have also used the In The Moments stamp set, Grassy Grove stamps & dies and On The Horizons stamps & dies

So I took the Easy Step Card  in landscape orientation... 

And flipped it so it's in portrait orientation...

And I have noticed a few other fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators around the world doing the same "flip" this week... 

I admit that I love it when great minds think alike... as that is usually a sure sign of a soon-to-be-very-popular card fold design... so I am delighted to share it with you....

Click HERE for another version using the New Horizons papers & In The Moment...

Portrait A6 (US A2) Easy Step Card Fold Tutorial (aka Simple Step Card)

Main Card Base 
White Cardstock 20 x 10.5cm  (8" x 4 1/4")
Score LANDSCAPE 7.5, 15 & 17.5cm (3",6" & 7")
Bone Fold Mountain, Valley & Mountain
Paper Panels 10 x 7cm; 10 x 2cm (4" x 2 3/4", 4" x 3/4")

Up & Over Panel
White Cardstock  5.5 x A4L (2 1/4" x 11")
Score LANDSCAPE at 14.8cm (5 1/2")
Bone Fold as Mountain
Paper Panel 5 x 14.3cm (2" x 5 1/4") 

Adhere Papers
Adhere card panels
Decorate as required

Follow the LANDSCAPE version photo-tutorial here if you need more step by step with visuals...

Wednesday Wideo - New Horizons Suite

The New Horizons suite is definitely one of my favourite suites in the new Jan-June (aka Spring Summer) mini catalogue... 

Want to see more... well you can... just click on the image below to play the product video...

On The Horizon stamps and dies right up my landscap-ing street...

And the New Horizons papers look absolutely amazing! Click on the image or link to see every sheet...

I say look... as they didn't reach these shores in time for pre-orders - or indeed for launch this week.... but they are due in Mon 10th Jan next week... and I expect them to be VERY popular...

And easily missable on the page... and they took a while to dawn on me... but I love the new Pebbles Enamel Shapes embellishments too... great with this suite and beaches too!

And there is some great co-ordinating Ribbon too...

And don't forget that I am planning a UK Class in the Mail and co-ordinating Paper (card & embellishments) Sets in February... Just need my papers on order next week to be able to start creating!

Though I do recommend that you order your On The Horizon bundle... and any more full paper packs direct online as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment... 

Do remember to tell me by this Sunday 9th Jan if you will be wanting a class kit ... as I can always order a spare pack of paper -  or two... And you may wish to contact me by Sunday to order any Paper Sets early too...  

Note - Tutorials will be available to order online... but not till February...

Craft Spa Paper Sets and Classes At Home

I am not running any face to face scheduled classes during January and February… So I have a couple of Class At Home Kits and a Co-ordinating Paper, Card & Embellishment Set planned for January and February …

My next order will be on 9^th January… so please advise any Kits/Sets required by 2pm Sunday 9^th January latest…

Also please order any Grassy Grove bundles direct by 9^th January … as Stampin’ Up P&P direct to you is the same as I would have to charge (due to bundle values)... I will send you the free class kits as relevant (unless you tell me you prefer the more usual crafty products gift)

For January… Grassy Grove Class At Home Kit... Kits and Tutorials will be available by the end of the month...

Then for February… New Horizons Co-ordinating Paper, Card and Embellishments Sets… and Class At Home Kit ... or Free Class Kit with bundle... Kits and Tutorials will be available by the end of February... hopefully earlier!

Though please feel free to get your On The Horizon bundle ( and any more New Horizons paper) orders in straightaway... as I think this suite is going to be the most sought after... and I suggest that you tell me your intentions so I can order more paper come 10th Jan...

Note that the New Horizons papers are not available until w/c 10th Jan...

There may be more as I get into my groove… but here are the starters… Though I think you may see a bit of the Oceanfront stamps and punched clouds too...